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• Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Studies branch into many fields such as biology, chemistry, and psychology.

• Fast Facts

  1. Pioneers include Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Camillo Golgi, Andrew Huxley, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Donald Olding Hebb, Charles Scott Sherrington and Otto Loewi
  2. Some manuscripts date back to 5000 BC
  3. Studies of the brain took off after the invention of the microscope and cell staining techniques that exposed the structures of neurons and glia
  4. There are about 100,000,000,000 neurons in a human adult brain
  5. There are about 1,000,000,000,000,000 synapses in a human adult brain

• Glossary

  1. Neurons: Nerve cells capable of sending or processing information via electrochemical signals
  2. Glia: Non-neuronal cells in the nervous system that aid in neuromodulation, physical support, nutrition, neuron signal transduction and remove debris
  3. Neural Network: A network of neurons that transmit electric signals and enable complex neural processes
  4. Ganglion: Tissues that contain mainly somas and dendrites of neurons, usually referring to the peripheral nervous system
  5. Grey Matter: A mixture of cells and tissues in the brain that contains neuronal cell bodies
  6. Nervous System: The network of neurons, glia and other cells that communicate via electrochemical signals and process and relay information from the environment for an organism

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